EP1534558A1 - Load carrier for vehicles - Google Patents

Load carrier for vehicles

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EP1534558A1
EP1534558A1 EP03784402A EP03784402A EP1534558A1 EP 1534558 A1 EP1534558 A1 EP 1534558A1 EP 03784402 A EP03784402 A EP 03784402A EP 03784402 A EP03784402 A EP 03784402A EP 1534558 A1 EP1534558 A1 EP 1534558A1
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vehicle
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Domenico Menabo'
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60R9/00—Supplementary fittings on vehicle exterior for carrying loads, e.g. luggage, sports gear or the like
    • B60R9/06—Supplementary fittings on vehicle exterior for carrying loads, e.g. luggage, sports gear or the like at vehicle front or rear
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60R9/00—Supplementary fittings on vehicle exterior for carrying loads, e.g. luggage, sports gear or the like
    • B60R9/08—Supplementary fittings on vehicle exterior for carrying loads, e.g. luggage, sports gear or the like specially adapted for sports gear
    • B60R9/10—Supplementary fittings on vehicle exterior for carrying loads, e.g. luggage, sports gear or the like specially adapted for sports gear for cycles

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  • the invention relates to a luggage carrier for vehicles, i. e. a device suitable for recei-ving loads, preferably applicable to the rear portion of sai_d vehicles at a door or a boot cowling, provided with an adjusting system that enables said luggage carrier to conform to vehicles with different sizes and shapes.
  • the rear luggage carriers a-vailable at present substantially differ one from the other on the basis of the technical solutions chosen for adapting a same luggage carrier to the plurality of shapes and size s of the attachment regions of the vehicles generally available on the market.
  • WO 00/76809 suggests a luggage carrier comprising frame sections mutually connected by means of telescopic tubes; in this case a variation of trie length of the luggage carrier is obtained making the portioi s of the frame to telescopically slide one into the other, th_is enables to engage hook portions of opposed ends of each section with corresponding edge portions of the vehicle hatc ⁇ iback.
  • the user is requested to apply a certain force fozr causing the sections to mutually slide as well as for bloc -ing said sections in the desired position by means of a leverr closing device, that results in a clear disadvantage.
  • a so structured device has short handling in use as well as a substantial complexity in fabrication due to the necessity to provide components (telescopic elements of the frame, closing lever) that increase fabrication time and fabrication costs.
  • luggage carrier for vehicle described for example in US 5056699, US 6345748 e US 6286738, that are provided with a frame coprrising a first part of frame and a second part of frame that are hinged one into the other.
  • the first part of the frame below ends with a couple of supporting elements arranged for being positioned on the rear of the vehicle bumper or on the lower edge of the rear vehicle hatchback, thus actually impeding the opening of the vehicle hatchback after the luggage carrier has been mounted.
  • a resting clamp for .resting on the . rear window of the vehicle, or on the bonnet of the rear boot.
  • Elements for supporting a load for example a bicycle, are hinged at the. top of- the second part of frame.
  • Fixing the luggage carrier is particularly laborious, because it is necessary to act to position and stretch individually the numerous belts, and this implies a remarkable time and energies loss.
  • the luggage carriers of this kind are furthermore constructionally complex, because it is necessary to arrange numerous components to obtain first and second parts of frame, T IB2003/003535
  • An object of the present invention is to .improve the luggage carriers for vehicles.
  • a further object is to provide the user with a luggage carrier that can be easily mounted and dismounted from a vehicle.
  • Another object is to provide a luggage carrier provided with an .actuating ⁇ device for anchoring on and dismounting from a vehicle that is easy to be reached.
  • a further other object is to simplify the manual operation required to the user during the phase of fitting the luggage carrier on the sizes and shapes of the vehicle whereon it is mounted.
  • a still further object is to reduce the number of components forming - of the luggage carrier, thus reducing time and costs of production.
  • the invention provides an apparatus for transporting loads, suitable for being mounted on a vehicle, comprising first frame body means and second frame body means, that are mutually coupled by hinge means and are arranged for being associated with opposite edges of a part of vehicle by anchoring means, load supporting means associated with said first and/or second frame body means, characterised in that are provided fixing means suitable for interacting with said anchoring means and interposed between said frame body means and said anchoring means .
  • the anchoring means comprises hooking elements suitable to wound a significant edge portion of said part of vehicle.
  • the fixing means are preferably interposed between the anchoring means and the first frame body means. Still preferably, the fixing means can be obtained by using connecting members, flexible or not flexible - such strap, pierced strap (in particular metallic) - tie-rod, preferably of the screw type, toothed belts.
  • the connecting members can be coupled to stretching, devices known in se, such: ratchets, windlass, stretchers, and similar. '
  • first and second frame body After the opening angle comprised between first and second frame body. " means has been manually ' regulated so. as to fit the shape of- the vehicle part on which the device has to mounted, and .after the first and second frame body means has been blocked in their mutual position that define such angle, 'it is possible to act' on the afore-said fixing means for stretching the same, • and thus assuring a stable positioning of the apparatus on the vehicle.
  • the load supporting means can be obtained so as to form a single body with the frame body means.
  • the here above said supporting means is itself arranged in a suitable .load receiving position and it has not to be further regulated by the user.
  • Figure 1 is a perspective- view of a luggage carrier; in 1 the version using fixing means comprising pierced straps, .mounted on the rear door of a vehicle;
  • Figure 2 is a • side view of the luggage carrier in- Figure 1, showing with continuous line the luggage carrier when the mounting have- been finished, and with dashed line the same • luggage carrier during mounting;
  • Figure 3 is an enlarged view of the fixing means shown in ' Figures 1 and 2;
  • Figure 4 is a perspective view of further, version of a- luggage carrier.
  • the Figure 1 shows a luggage carrier 1 mounted at the rear end of a vehicle D, represented by dashed line, :and comprising a frame body 2 - and a further frame body 3.
  • the frame body 2 comprises a U-shaped portion 2 ' , whose two ends extend over two arms 7, each one of which is provided with an extractable portion 8, provided with through holes 9; once the luggage carrier 1 has been assembled, the U-shaped portion 2 ' shows the arms 7 turned downwards; between the U-shaped portion 2' and the arms • 7 there is defined an obtuse angle G, not shown.
  • the U-shaped portion 2' contains, near each one of its parallel sides, a slip joint 5 comprising a pair of discs frontally toothed reciprocally seizing up.
  • the slip joint 5 is interposed between the frame body 2 and the further frame body 3, and enables to articulate the two afore-said frame bodies as well as to blocking in preset reciprocal angular position.
  • the extractable portion 8 can be received for a longer or shorter portion of its length into the arm 7 and can be fixed in the preset position by means of a bolt, not shown, suitable for being positioned at one of the through holes 9.
  • the extractable . portion 8 further comprises an anchoring appendage 10, terminating with a curved end 11 suitable for hooking with a bottom edge E' of the rear door E or a of. bonnet boot, not shown, of a vehicle D.
  • a G-shaped element 12 arranged so as to have its longer rectilinear portion facing in the opposed direction with respect.. to the rear door E.
  • the C-shaped element 12 engages with each of the arms 7 ' by means of a further 5' , provided with a clutch A '-, the latter comprising a knob 6.
  • the knob 6 enables to reciprocally, tighten the two discs of the . clutch 4 ' , so blocking the hinge 5' in the requested position.
  • the hinge 5' enables- the C- shaped element 12 to be moved from a retracted position H to an extended position H' , represented by dashed line.
  • the further frame body 3 as depicted in the Figures .1 to 3, has a further U-shaped portion 3', whose two ends extend, by means of two curved sections 13, over two brackets 13' ; each of the brackets 13' defines with the U-shaped portion 3' a further obtuse angle G' , not shown.
  • Each of the brackets 13' further contains a set of groove ' s 14a, suitable for being advantageously used as rack 14 whereon bicycles, having frame provided with central crossbar, can be received. With the rack 14 there is associated a tightening tape 14b suitable for holding in position the frame crossbar, received in every groove 14a.
  • the slip joints 5 are arranged at the intersection between the two portions of the further frame body 3 comprised between the two curved sections 13 and the two racks 14.
  • the further frame body 3 receives in its .further U-shaped portion 3' at least a resting, element 15, preferably in form- of resilient cylinder having smooth surface; by means of the resting element 15 the further frame body 3 can be applied on the . rear door E without damaging the external surface of the latter.
  • each fixing group 19 comprises dragging means 23 received in- seat means 34, being the afore-said • seat means 34 delimited by. a couple of sidewalls 24, 24' that have convex outline and whose relative bases are. integral with an intermediate -plate. 35.
  • the intermediate plate 35 is- made integral- with. the median segment M by means of a washer bolt 36.
  • the dragging means 23 comprises in turn a shell 25, with an approximately C-shaped section, that- i ⁇ made integral with the couple of sidewalls 24, 24' by means of a plurality of protruding elements 25' .
  • The. shell 25 internally receives an operating screw 26, vertically oriented and provided at its end opposed to the median plate 35 with a nut 27.
  • the operating screw 26 engages with a toothed wheel 29 supported by the sidewalls 24, 24' and provided with tooth 29' engaged in equidistant holes 30'' obtained in a pierced portion 30' of a strap 30 that is interposed between the toothed wheel 29 of the dragging means 23 and the further frame body 3' .
  • the strap 30 comprises a pierced portion 30' and a unpierced portion 31 partially covered by an anti-abrasive sheathing 16.
  • the free end 31' of the unpierced portion 31 is integral with a curved flake 18, suitable to hook to a upper edge C of the rear door E or of a bonnet boot, not shown, of a vehicle D.
  • the tooth 29' of the toothed wheel 29 then engages' in sequence in a plurality of holes 30'' contained in the pierced portion 30' of the strap 30, thus making the same strap 30 to slide.
  • the sliding direction of the pierrced strap 30 is determined by the rotation direction given to the operating screw 26 by means of the nut 27..
  • the strap 30 By rotating the nut 27. in-a direction, the strap 30 is moved • along a- direction F-away from the curved flake • 1-8 and then- stretched, this enables to firmly anchor' the curved flake 18 to - the bodywork- of the ' vehicle D and to firml.y maintain the luggage carrier 1 in a position suitable . to. be used.
  • the piexced strap 30 is moved in a direction F oriented towards the curved flake 18.
  • a preferred version of the luggage carrier 1 is .provided, ⁇ in which the further frame body 3a comprises, instead of the brackets 14, another further U- shaped portion 3b extending, at both the ends, over an L- shaped loading element 27.
  • Each one of the L-shaped loading elements 27 comprises a vertical bar 28a and a horizontal bar 28b, mutually connected at right angle.
  • Each one of the vertical rod -28a engages with the frame body 2 by means of- the slip joint 5 previously described.
  • the two horizontal bars 28b receive a pair of profiled elements 29, orthogonally arranged with respect to said horizontal bars 28b and having a roughly C-shaped. section.
  • the luggage carrier 1 can be transported bicycles also having a frame unprovided with central crossbar, such as for example the ladies' bicycles.

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Abstract

The apparatus has a fixing group (19) interacting with an anti-abrasive sheathing (16), and is interposed between two frame bodies (2, 3) and the sheathing. The bodies are mutually coupled by a slip joint (5), and are arranged for being associated with opposite edges of a part of a vehicle (D) by a curved flake (18). A rack (14) forms a single body with the bodies (2, 3).

Description

Load car i-er for vehicles
The invention relates to a luggage carrier for vehicles, i. e. a device suitable for recei-ving loads, preferably applicable to the rear portion of sai_d vehicles at a door or a boot cowling, provided with an adjusting system that enables said luggage carrier to conform to vehicles with different sizes and shapes.
The rear luggage carriers a-vailable at present substantially differ one from the other on the basis of the technical solutions chosen for adapting a same luggage carrier to the plurality of shapes and size s of the attachment regions of the vehicles generally available on the market.
WO 00/76809 suggests a luggage carrier comprising frame sections mutually connected by means of telescopic tubes; in this case a variation of trie length of the luggage carrier is obtained making the portioi s of the frame to telescopically slide one into the other, th_is enables to engage hook portions of opposed ends of each section with corresponding edge portions of the vehicle hatcϊiback. In the mounting and dismounting phases, the user is requested to apply a certain force fozr causing the sections to mutually slide as well as for bloc -ing said sections in the desired position by means of a leverr closing device, that results in a clear disadvantage. A so structured device has short handling in use as well as a substantial complexity in fabrication due to the necessity to provide components (telescopic elements of the frame, closing lever) that increase fabrication time and fabrication costs. Are also known luggage carrier for vehicle described for example in US 5056699, US 6345748 e US 6286738, that are provided with a frame coprrising a first part of frame and a second part of frame that are hinged one into the other. The first part of the frame below ends with a couple of supporting elements arranged for being positioned on the rear of the vehicle bumper or on the lower edge of the rear vehicle hatchback, thus actually impeding the opening of the vehicle hatchback after the luggage carrier has been mounted.
In an intermediate section of the second part of frame is further hinged a resting clamp for .resting on the . rear window of the vehicle, or on the bonnet of the rear boot.
Elements for supporting a load, for example a bicycle, are hinged at the. top of- the second part of frame.
For fixing the luggage carrier to the vehicle ' it is necessary to anchor luggage carrier by means of -a plurality of belts that have to be appropriately stretched one by one by the operator.
Before stretching the belts, it is necessary to articulate-, by acting on the hinges arranged between the first and the second part and between the latter and the resting bracket, the relative parts of frame so as the resting elements and the resting bracket are correctly positioned on the parts of vehicle.
Furthermore, it is necessary, still manually acting, to intervene on the hinges interposed between the second part of frame and the load supporting elements (forming, for example, a rack) so as to carry the latter in a position substantially suitable to receive the load.
Fixing the luggage carrier is particularly laborious, because it is necessary to act to position and stretch individually the numerous belts, and this implies a remarkable time and energies loss.
At end, a further efforts is requested to assure a secure locking of the rack in a position suitable for receiving the load, because the operator has to manually act on the locking devices provided in the known luggage carriers.
The luggage carriers of this kind, are furthermore constructionally complex, because it is necessary to arrange numerous components to obtain first and second parts of frame, T IB2003/003535
elements for receiving the load, as .well • as devices • for blocking the latter in the use position. ' ■.
An object of the present invention is to .improve the luggage carriers for vehicles. A further object is to provide the user with a luggage carrier that can be easily mounted and dismounted from a vehicle. Another object is to provide a luggage carrier provided with an .actuating ■ device for anchoring on and dismounting from a vehicle that is easy to be reached. A further other object is to simplify the manual operation required to the user during the phase of fitting the luggage carrier on the sizes and shapes of the vehicle whereon it is mounted. A still further object is to reduce the number of components forming - of the luggage carrier, thus reducing time and costs of production.
The invention provides an apparatus for transporting loads, suitable for being mounted on a vehicle, comprising first frame body means and second frame body means, that are mutually coupled by hinge means and are arranged for being associated with opposite edges of a part of vehicle by anchoring means, load supporting means associated with said first and/or second frame body means, characterised in that are provided fixing means suitable for interacting with said anchoring means and interposed between said frame body means and said anchoring means .
The anchoring means comprises hooking elements suitable to wound a significant edge portion of said part of vehicle. The fixing means are preferably interposed between the anchoring means and the first frame body means. Still preferably, the fixing means can be obtained by using connecting members, flexible or not flexible - such strap, pierced strap (in particular metallic) - tie-rod, preferably of the screw type, toothed belts. The connecting members can be coupled to stretching, devices known in se, such: ratchets, windlass, stretchers, and similar.'
After the opening angle comprised between first and second frame body." means has been manually ' regulated so. as to fit the shape of- the vehicle part on which the device has to mounted, and .after the first and second frame body means has been blocked in their mutual position that define such angle, 'it is possible to act' on the afore-said fixing means for stretching the same, • and thus assuring a stable positioning of the apparatus on the vehicle.
In this way, it is- possible to mount in a safe manner -the luggage carrier on a plurality of vehicles provided with different shapes and dimensions by simply acting on the fixing means, that are moreover arranged in a position easy to be reached.
From this follows that the manual intervention requested to the user is substantially facilitated in relation to what happen in other models of known luggage carriers'. Advantageously the load supporting means can be obtained so as to form a single body with the frame body means. In this way, when the frame means are positioned on the vehicle, the here above said supporting means is itself arranged in a suitable .load receiving position and it has not to be further regulated by the user.
This enables to further limit the manual intervention requested to the user for arranging the luggage carrier to be used.
Furthermore, the number of parts necessary for assembling the luggage carrier is reduced.
The invention can be better understood with reference to the enclosed drawings, that illustrate some exemplifying and not restrictive embodiment forms thereof, in which: Figure 1 is a perspective- view of a luggage carrier; in1 the version using fixing means comprising pierced straps, .mounted on the rear door of a vehicle;
Figure 2 is a • side view of the luggage carrier in- Figure 1, showing with continuous line the luggage carrier when the mounting have- been finished, and with dashed line the same • luggage carrier during mounting;
Figure 3 is an enlarged view of the fixing means shown in' Figures 1 and 2; Figure 4 is a perspective view of further, version of a- luggage carrier.
The Figure 1 shows a luggage carrier 1 mounted at the rear end of a vehicle D, represented by dashed line, :and comprising a frame body 2 - and a further frame body 3. The frame body 2 comprises a U-shaped portion 2 ' , whose two ends extend over two arms 7, each one of which is provided with an extractable portion 8, provided with through holes 9; once the luggage carrier 1 has been assembled, the U-shaped portion 2 ' shows the arms 7 turned downwards; between the U-shaped portion 2' and the arms • 7 there is defined an obtuse angle G, not shown. The U-shaped portion 2' contains, near each one of its parallel sides, a slip joint 5 comprising a pair of discs frontally toothed reciprocally seizing up. The slip joint 5 is interposed between the frame body 2 and the further frame body 3, and enables to articulate the two afore-said frame bodies as well as to blocking in preset reciprocal angular position.
The extractable portion 8 can be received for a longer or shorter portion of its length into the arm 7 and can be fixed in the preset position by means of a bolt, not shown, suitable for being positioned at one of the through holes 9. Thus, the length of any arm 7 can be changed and in particular can be made suitable for being mounted on vehicle portions that, due to their extend, would be otherwise unreachable. The extractable . portion 8 further comprises an anchoring appendage 10, terminating with a curved end 11 suitable for hooking with a bottom edge E' of the rear door E or a of. bonnet boot, not shown, of a vehicle D. Near the ends of the arms 7 adjacent ,to the rear bumper, not shown,- of the vehicle D, there is placed a G-shaped element 12, arranged so as to have its longer rectilinear portion facing in the opposed direction with respect.. to the rear door E. The C-shaped element 12 engages with each of the arms 7 ' by means of a further 5' , provided with a clutch A '-, the latter comprising a knob 6. The knob 6 enables to reciprocally, tighten the two discs of the. clutch 4 ' , so blocking the hinge 5' in the requested position. The hinge 5' enables- the C- shaped element 12 to be moved from a retracted position H to an extended position H' , represented by dashed line. That enables to • prevent that a particularly voluminous object mounted on the luggage carrier, for example a bicycle, can accidentally hit and then damage the surface of the rear door E or of the rear bumper/ not shown, of the vehicle D. The further frame body 3, as depicted in the Figures .1 to 3, has a further U-shaped portion 3', whose two ends extend, by means of two curved sections 13, over two brackets 13' ; each of the brackets 13' defines with the U-shaped portion 3' a further obtuse angle G' , not shown. Each of the brackets 13' further contains a set of groove's 14a, suitable for being advantageously used as rack 14 whereon bicycles, having frame provided with central crossbar, can be received. With the rack 14 there is associated a tightening tape 14b suitable for holding in position the frame crossbar, received in every groove 14a. <
The slip joints 5 are arranged at the intersection between the two portions of the further frame body 3 comprised between the two curved sections 13 and the two racks 14. The further frame body 3 receives in its .further U-shaped portion 3' at least a resting, element 15, preferably in form- of resilient cylinder having smooth surface; by means of the resting element 15 the further frame body 3 can be applied on the . rear door E without damaging the external surface of the latter.
On each on of the. two ends of the further U-shaped portion 3' of -the further frame body 3 is arranged,- .. in proximity, of a. median segment M, a fixing group 19 (depicted in detail in Figure 3) defining fixing means. Each fixing group 19 comprises dragging means 23 received in- seat means 34, being the afore-said • seat means 34 delimited by. a couple of sidewalls 24, 24' that have convex outline and whose relative bases are. integral with an intermediate -plate. 35. The intermediate plate 35 is- made integral- with. the median segment M by means of a washer bolt 36. The dragging means 23 comprises in turn a shell 25, with an approximately C-shaped section, that- i≤ made integral with the couple of sidewalls 24, 24' by means of a plurality of protruding elements 25' . The. shell 25- internally receives an operating screw 26, vertically oriented and provided at its end opposed to the median plate 35 with a nut 27. The operating screw 26 engages with a toothed wheel 29 supported by the sidewalls 24, 24' and provided with tooth 29' engaged in equidistant holes 30'' obtained in a pierced portion 30' of a strap 30 that is interposed between the toothed wheel 29 of the dragging means 23 and the further frame body 3' .
The strap 30 comprises a pierced portion 30' and a unpierced portion 31 partially covered by an anti-abrasive sheathing 16. The free end 31' of the unpierced portion 31 is integral with a curved flake 18, suitable to hook to a upper edge C of the rear door E or of a bonnet boot, not shown, of a vehicle D. By acting on the nut 27, it is possible to rotate the operating screw 26 about its axis, and in this way to operate the toothed wheel 29. The tooth 29' of the toothed wheel 29 then engages' in sequence in a plurality of holes 30'' contained in the pierced portion 30' of the strap 30, thus making the same strap 30 to slide. The sliding direction of the pierrced strap 30 is determined by the rotation direction given to the operating screw 26 by means of the nut 27.. By rotating the nut 27. in-a direction, the strap 30 is moved • along a- direction F-away from the curved flake • 1-8 and then- stretched, this enables to firmly anchor' the curved flake 18 to - the bodywork- of the' vehicle D and to firml.y maintain the luggage carrier 1 in a position suitable . to. be used. Naturally, by .rotating the nut 27 in an- opposite direction, the piexced strap 30 is moved in a direction F oriented towards the curved flake 18. In this way,' the- strap 30 is loosen, this -enables the curved flake 18 to be unhooked .from the upper edge- C of the rear door E or of a bonnet boot, not shown, ' of a vehicle D and to subsequently to remove the luggage "carrier 1. With reference to Figure '4, a preferred version of the luggage carrier 1 is .provided, ■ in which the further frame body 3a comprises, instead of the brackets 14, another further U- shaped portion 3b extending, at both the ends, over an L- shaped loading element 27. Each one of the L-shaped loading elements 27 comprises a vertical bar 28a and a horizontal bar 28b, mutually connected at right angle. Each one of the vertical rod -28a engages with the frame body 2 by means of- the slip joint 5 previously described. The two horizontal bars 28b receive a pair of profiled elements 29, orthogonally arranged with respect to said horizontal bars 28b and having a roughly C-shaped. section.
With such advantageous version of the luggage carrier 1 can be transported bicycles also having a frame unprovided with central crossbar, such as for example the ladies' bicycles.

Claims

' CLAIMS Apparatus for transporting loads, -suitable' for being mounted on a vehicle (D) , comprising first frame body means (2) and second frame body means (3), that are mutually- coupled by hinge means (5) and are arranged fox being, -associated with opposite edges (C, E) of a paxt (E) of vehicle (D) by anchoring means (30, 18), load supporting- means- (14) associated- with- said- first and/or second frame body means (2, 3) , characterised in that, are provided fixing means (19) suitable for interacting with said anchoring means (16)' and interposed- between said frame body means {2 , 3) and said anchoring means (16) . Apparatus • according to claim 1, .wherein said load. supporting means (14) forms a single body with said fixst and/or second frame body means (2, 3). Apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said load supporting means (14) are obtained on prolongations of said second frame body means (3) farther on said' hinge means (5) . ■ Apparatus according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein said first frame body means (2) comprises a portion (2' ) U-shaped. Apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said U-shaped poxtion (2' ) extends on arm means (7) . Apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said U-shaped poxtion (2') and said arm means (7) are- so arranged to define an obtuse angle (G) . Apparatus according to any one of claims 5, or 6, wherein said arm means (7) finishes with extremity appendage anchoring means (10) . Apparatus according to any one of claims 5 to 7, wherein said arm means (7) comprises telescopic poxtion means (8) .
9. Apparatus according to any one of claims 5 to 8, - wherein said arm means (7) supports in adjustable manner end portion of load distancing means (12) C- shaped . 10. Apparatus according to any one of preceding claims,, wherein. said second frame body means (3) comprises a- further portion (3' ) U-shaped.
11. Apparatus, according to claim 10, wherein-, said further portion (3'•) U-shaped comprises resting means (25) in shock resistant material.
12. Apparatus according to any one of preceding- claims, wherein said load supporting means (14) ■ comprises brackets means (13' ) arranged on the prolongation of said further portion (3') U-shaped. 13. pparatus according to claim 12, wherein said brackets means (13') and said further portion (3') U-shaped. are so arranged to from a further obtuse angle (G) . 14. Apparatus according to claim 12, or 13, wherein said brackets means (1.3') receive rack means (14). 15. Apparatus according to claim 12, wherein said brackets means (13') extends on load means (27) L-shaped, comprising a vertical bar means (28a) and a horizontal bar means (28b), angularly reciprocally connected.
16. Apparatus according to claim 15, wherein said horizontal bar means (28b) receives profiled elements
(29), transversally arranged in relation to said horizontal bar means (28b) .
17. Apparatus according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein said fixing means (19) are interposed between said anchoring means (16) and said second frame body means (3) .
18. Apparatus according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein said fixing means (19) are selected among a group comprising: flexible connecting members, non-flexible connecting members, straps, screw, tie- rod, windlass, ratchets, toothed straps. Apparatus according to any one of the preceding claims, -wherein said fixing means (19) comprises a straps (30) provided with holes (30'') in which engage, tooth (29' ) of a - toothed wheel (29)- that can be rotated by means of an operating screw (26) .
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ITMO20020231 2002-08-09
IT000231A ITMO20020231A1 (en) 2002-08-09 2002-08-09 LUGGAGE RACK FOR VEHICLES.
PCT/IB2003/003535 WO2004014698A1 (en) 2002-08-09 2003-08-06 Load carrier for vehicles

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